Visit to Everglades National Park

Visit to Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park has been on my bucket list for several years.  It’s a huge National Park that’s relatively near by – less than a 2 hour drive from my winter home in Fort Myers Beach.  In March of 2022, I made a trip down to the park and...
Biking and Exploring Lake Okeechobee

Biking and Exploring Lake Okeechobee

The south central part of Florida is a massive area that includes the Big Cyprus Swamp, Lake Okeechobee, and the Everglades.  Geographically, it dwarfs the populous southern coastal areas of Fort Lauderdale and Miami on the east coast and Coral Gables and Naples on...
A Summer of Short Trips

A Summer of Short Trips

My summer was a mixture of brief home stays and several short RV trips.  With the risk of Covid-19 still prevalent, I tried to stay close to home with trips mostly within the New England states. First, was a trip in May out to Bethel, NY to visit the Woodstock...
Back to the Garden – My Visit to Woodstock

Back to the Garden – My Visit to Woodstock

No, I wasn’t there in 1969. I was 15 years old when it took place. Fifty two years later, I decided to visit the festival site in Bethel, NY. The field where Woodstock took place has been preserved by the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Going to the site has been on...
Wrapping Up My Winter in Florida

Wrapping Up My Winter in Florida

I’m finishing up my winter stay in South West Florida.  When we left home in November, I had a  bit of anxiety about traveling because of the Covid pandemic.  But all that dissipated once we got to our home in Fort Myers Beach.  We found that the Covid prevalence and...
Florida Winter Update – 2021

Florida Winter Update – 2021

I want to give y’all an update on what I’ve been up to over the past 2 months.  We’ve been settled into our house in southwest Florida.  The RV has been in storage so there hasn’t been any travel to write about. And with Covid, things are...